Thanks for Your Patience, Update on New Telephone System
Thank you for your patience as we continue to work out the kinks of our new phone system. We receive on average of 1,000 calls every day and are diligently working to make sure your call gets to the appropriate person.
New Phone Menu
Now when you call our practice, you will be greeted with a message and several phone prompts. To help direct you to the right place, please review the selections and their direct extensions below.
To schedule an appointment – Once selected and after 90 seconds on hold, patients have the option of 1) entering their phone number for a call back, 2) leaving a voice message or 3) holding on the line for the next available operator. The preferrable option is pressing 1 for a call back. This allows you to still maintain your position in queue but be free to attend to other things rather than waiting on hold. | Press 1 or dial extension 8000 |
To follow up on a medical referral | Press 1 or dial extension 8000 |
To schedule new work comp appointment | Press 1 or dial extension 5000 |
For medical records | Press 3 or dial extension 4000 |
For prescription refills and prescription requests – This mailbox is continually checked throughout the day. For a faster response, please call your pharmacy directly. They in turn will contact our clinical staff with a refill request if needed. | Press 3 or dial extension 3000 |
For imaging inquiries | Press 5 or dial extension 2000 |
For specialty medication requests | Press 5 or dial extension 2001 |
For surgery scheduling | Press 6 or For surgical authorizations, dial ext 2151 For Drs. Hollmann and Turnbull, dial ext 2153 For Drs. Reed and Lavoie, dial 2150 For Drs. Steen Brodrick and Watts, dial ext 2152 |
For scheduling an EMG or ESI procedure | Press 6 or For ESI procedures, dial extension 6000 For EMG procedures, dial extension 7000 |
To leave a message on our clinical message line – This mailbox is continually checked throughout the day. Messages left after 4 pm, may not be returned until the next business day. | Press 7 or extension 1000 |
For questions regarding billing | Press 8 |
Other Ways to Communicate with FOA
- Patients may communicate electronically with our clinical staff by using our secure Patient Portal. The portal gives patients access to view their next appointment and medical records, and to ask non-urgent questions of our clinical staff. Please do not use the portal for after-surgical care questions.
- You can also reach us by using the contact form on the Contact Us page of our website. We do our best to answer each inquiry within 2 business days.